The Enablement Optimization Podcast

Sales Enablement Collective

Enablement

Leadership

Just-In-Time Enablement

Enablement Technology

Sales

Ironclad

Varun Desai

Databricks

Sales Enablement

Pitch

Artificial Intelligence In Training

Go-To-Market Enablement

Self-Enablement

Flow Of Work Learning

The Enablement Optimization Podcast is for the people doing the work. Not consultants theorizing about it. Not vendors selling into it. The practitioners, the directors building enablement functions from scratch, and the managers making programs land across thousands of sellers. Backed by the Sales Enablement Collective, a community of 18,000 enablement professionals. Hosted by Leanne Leone and Ch... more

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Publishes	Twice monthly	Episodes	7	Founded	4 months ago
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Episode 7 - How to make enablement a driver of revenue not a footnote (with Russ Martin)

Enablement usually sits at the edge of a revenue leader's decisions, nudging them without ever shaping the number. Russ Martin, a former CRO and SVP, admits he underused every strong enablement leader he ever worked with.

22 Jul 2026 • 40 min

Episode 7 - Why revenue leaders keep underusing enablement (with Russ Martin)

For most revenue leaders, enablement sits at the edge of the decision, something that nudges an outcome rather than drives it. Russ Martin, a former CRO and SVP of revenue, admits he ran his own teams that way for years, treating "it's going okay" as... more

15 Jul 2026 • 40 min

Episode 6 - How to keep AI-built decks on brand at scale (with Ulrik Bo Larsen)

AI made it trivial for sellers to generate passable decks, and that convenience pulled go-to-market teams back into single-player work and final-final-v3 attachments.

Ulrik Bo Larsen, who built Falcon to over 400 employees before selling in 2019 an... more

30 Jun 2026 • 51 min

Episode 5 - How to manage capacity and hold the line with stakeholders in enablement (with Stephanie White).

The episode covers capacity management, team inheritance, stakeholder expectation-setting, and the question every interview process should include.

17 Jun 2026 • 45 min

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Ulrik Bo Larsen

Executive leader; President and Exec Chair at Pitch (AI presentation workspace)

Pitch

Episode: Episode 6 - How to keep AI-built decks on brand at scale (with Ulrik Bo Larsen)

Steph White

Director of Go-To-Market Enablement at Bloomreach

Bloomreach

Episode: Episode 5 - How to manage capacity and hold the line with stakeholders in enablement (with Stephanie White).

Varun Desai

Senior Sales Enablement Program Manager at Databricks

Databricks

Episode: Episode 4 - Why your next great enabler might already be sitting on your sales floor. With Varun Desai

Andrew Zinger

Leads revenue enablement at Ironclad

Ironclad

Episode: Episode 3 - Your sellers are wasting 4 hours a month. Here's the fix. With Andrew Zinger

Greg Smith

EVP of Technology and Innovation at Janek Performance Group

Janek Performance Group

Episode: Episode 2 - Why every sales training program you've built has failed (and what finally works) with Greg Smith

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Leanne Leone

Host of the enablement-focused show with emphasis on practical, scalable enablement and governance. Also associated with Megaport in an enablement leadership capacity.

Chris Walker

Co-host and enablement practitioner with experience in leadership development and sales enablement within tech organizations.

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Episode 3 - Your sellers are wasting 4 hours a month. Here's the fix. With Andrew Zinger

Q: What role do managers play in sustaining enablement impact?

Managers receive targeted resources (License to Lead), participate in monthly forums, and act as coaches who embed training into daily practice, bridging strategy to frontline execution.

Episode 3 - Your sellers are wasting 4 hours a month. Here's the fix. With Andrew Zinger

Q: What are the two core philosophies of your approach to enablement?

Distraction-free selling and golden selling time, which focus on front-loading enablement early in the quarter and removing unnecessary noise so reps can focus on high-impact activities later.

Episode 2 - Why every sales training program you've built has failed (and what finally works) with Greg Smith

Q: What is the current state of enablement and why now?

The industry has reached a point where the promises of learning in the flow of work are finally becoming feasible thanks to tech advances, AI, and better tooling, but success requires embedding enablement into daily workflows with guardrails and active coaching rather than relying on episodic, asynchronous training.

Episode 5 - How to manage capacity and hold the line with stakeholders in enablement (with Stephanie White).

Q: What makes enablement a strategic partner rather than a support function in your view?

By staying closely connected to frontline realities and translating field feedback into the product and roadmap discussions, enablement leaders become a two-way bridge between the shop floor and the C-suite. This partnership, plus a clear sense of purpose and the ability to uncover and articulate problems, helps enablement earn a seat at the table.

Episode 5 - How to manage capacity and hold the line with stakeholders in enablement (with Stephanie White).

Q: How do you handle aggressive executive expectations or unclear objectives when joining a new team?

She recommends clarifying the scope and outcomes early, using the interview process to weed out unrealistic expectations, and establishing a 50/50 focus between business goals and team development. When needed, she advises saying no strategically and offering concrete, collaborative alternatives that still advance business priorities.

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A practitioner-focused show about building and scaling enablement across large sales teams, with practical frameworks, governance, and measurement. Across recent episodes, the conversations span AI-enabled GTM assets, staying on-brand at scale, structuring enablement teams, securing stakeholder buy-in, and tying programs to real pipeline impact. Guests include veteran enablement leaders and practitioners who bring hands-on experience from high-growth tech companies, mergers, and large field teams. The format emphasizes actionable takeaways, time-saving strategies for sellers, and the balance between tactical training and strategic enablement, making it useful for listeners who want to move enablement from a training function to a measurable... more

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